Journal

1. Read more: Colbo Chats w/ Item: Enso
   

   Colbo Chats w/ Item: Enso

   Founded by Yuria Kailich and Joel Harding, Item:Enso is a Brooklyn-based studio deeply rooted in process and built slowly, piece by piece. Yuria and Joel share our passion for crafting everything by hand here in New York, with a focus on reclaimed materials, in their case guided by the feel of clay, slate, or steel in its raw form.
   

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2. Read more: ROWAN + EMMA IN JAPAN
   

   ROWAN + EMMA IN JAPAN

   Earlier this year as winter began to turn to spring, Colbo’s own Rowan Spencer and his wife Emma Macdonald - known together for their Mon Petit Canard pop-up - headed to Japan on a belated honeymoon with select Colbo SS25 pieces in their suitcases.

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3. Read more: WINDOW SEAT: a playlist for colbo by jackson devereux
   

   WINDOW SEAT: a playlist for colbo by jackson devereux

   Jackson Devereux is an Australian-American filmmaker as well as the singer-songwriter behind our second vinyl pressing, ‘All Alone as the Sagebrush Begins to Bloom Again,’ which we released with Colbo SS25.

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4. Read more: SS25 IN HAWAII BY JILL SCHWEBER
   

   SS25 IN HAWAII BY JILL SCHWEBER

   Earlier this spring, our dear friend Jill Schweber documented her husband, herself, and friends in SS25 selections from Colbo and Small Talk Studio as they made stops around the island of Oahu.

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5. Read more: COLBO CHATS W/ SOPHIE RANDALL (FOX OBJECT)
   

   COLBO CHATS W/ SOPHIE RANDALL (FOX OBJECT)

   We first met Sophie Randall when we wandered into Fox Object, her newly opened shop just a few blocks away on Allen Street. The space is filled with vintage furniture, lighting, and ephemera—bits and pieces from the past, unearthed and sourced for present-day spaces. 

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6. Read more: COLBO CHATS W/ JORDAN PAGE
   

   COLBO CHATS W/ JORDAN PAGE

   We invited friend and collaborator Jordan Page to stop by and discuss his approach to thrifting as he made his way through the vintage racks at Colbo and other favorite shops nearby.

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7. Read more: Colbo Store Playlist
   

   Colbo Store Playlist

   A long-overdue update to our store playlist, featuring the team’s favorite tracks + albums to play on vinyl or digital – whenever we’re not listening to NTS – with a particular leaning toward end-of-summer sounds.

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8. Read more: COLBO CHATS W/ OSCAR TINÉ
   

   COLBO CHATS W/ OSCAR TINÉ

   For the latest edition of Colbo Chats, we sat down with Sabai Sabai founder Oscar Tiné ahead of the nomadic shop’s pop-up at the store last weekend. The London-born, Paris-raised, NYC-based multidisciplinary artist-turned-collector sells “curated objects and tchotchkes”

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9. Read more: Colbo Chats w/ Small Talk Studio
   

   Colbo Chats w/ Small Talk Studio

   Nick Williams + Phil Ayers of Small Talk Studio have made a name for themselves through their made-to-order, hand-drawn garments crafted here in NYC with fabrics sourced from Japan + India. We met up with the two founders [+ our friends] near both of our studios in midtown for an interview and accompanying shoot.

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10. Read more: Paulina Freifeld
    

    Paulina Freifeld

    This March we were excited to host the visual artist Paulina Freifeld for a curation in the Colbo backspace. Prior to the exhibition, we had the chance to catch up with Paulina in her studio and hear more about her favorite things.

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11. Read more: Porter Yoshida
    

    Porter Yoshida

    To kick-off 2024 events we hosted legendary Japanese-brand Porter Yoshida in the space for two weeks, for their first-ever North American pop-up. 

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12. Read more: Wrong Answer Book Selections
    

    Wrong Answer Book Selections

    We sat down with the art + ephemera collector Geoff Snack. Geoff is the founder of Wrong Answer, a retail consultancy and art book curation project, focused on rare materials in publishing space. And we had a chance to hear more about his favorite titles. 

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13. Read more: Two Year Anniversary
    

    Two Year Anniversary

    We celebrated the two year anniversary of Colbo over two days in late November. On Thursday we hosted a reception for Joe Henry Baker's Dyad exhibition. Followed by a Saturday day + evening gathering at the store.

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14. Read more: Joe Henry Baker Studio Shoot
    

    Joe Henry Baker Studio Shoot

    Ahead of Joe Henry Baker's Dyad exhibition in the Colbo backspace, we got together with Joe and a few friends in his studio. And, we styled everyone in pieces from our aw23 collection.

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